have students match vocabulary
words to pictures
have students use words in a sentence
counting activities: how many
paperclips does it take to sink
the wood?
First Grade:
Balance & Motion Kit
read story to students, or have
students read a short story that
includes balance &/or motion
record their observations: have students
fill in the blanks with vocabulary words
introduction to equations and
the concept of equality - how
to maintain balance, the visual
of a scale (adding or subtracting
equally from each side)
Second Grade:
Solids & Liquids Kit
reading, story telling about
experiences with liquids
begin to compare and contrast in their
writing, use simple sentences, perhaps
ask them to compare/contrast two
liquids (or a liquid & a solid)
write 3 differences between them
sums, cumulative numbers
differences, weights,
solid measure versus liquid
measure
Third Grade:
Physics of Sound Kit
reading:
scientific inquiry - explain what was
observed
long division, and long
multiplication of numbers
(repetitive sound waves)
Fourth Grade:
Magnetism & Electricity Kit
reading: history, discovery,
or current uses of
scientific inquiry - explain what was
observed, and why it occurred
the concept of functions,
the function machine
Fifth Grade:
Mixtures & Solutions Kit
reading: cooking? or simple
chemistry reading
scientific inquiry - observations,
explanations of observations, and
beginning predictions
fractions and decimal numbers
Sixth Grade:
Levers & Pulleys Kit
reading: everyday uses of
levers & pulleys, read about
historical uses
scientific inquiry - prediction of results,
testing to see results, and evaluation
of prediction
algebra and unknown numbers
(variables) prediction of
grade/ kit
reading extensions
writing extensions
math extensions
Wood & Paper Kit
to students
words to pictures
have students use words in a sentence
paperclips does it take to sink
the wood?
Balance & Motion Kit
students read a short story that
includes balance &/or motion
fill in the blanks with vocabulary words
the concept of equality - how
to maintain balance, the visual
of a scale (adding or subtracting
equally from each side)
Solids & Liquids Kit
experiences with liquids
writing, use simple sentences, perhaps
ask them to compare/contrast two
liquids (or a liquid & a solid)
write 3 differences between them
differences, weights,
solid measure versus liquid
measure
Physics of Sound Kit
observed
multiplication of numbers
(repetitive sound waves)
Magnetism & Electricity Kit
or current uses of
observed, and why it occurred
the function machine
Mixtures & Solutions Kit
chemistry reading
explanations of observations, and
beginning predictions
Levers & Pulleys Kit
levers & pulleys, read about
historical uses
testing to see results, and evaluation
of prediction
(variables) prediction of